Two plastic cups, a piece of string
And still I can’t hear your voice for anything
It was the loudest shouting, I’d never heard us fight
Now it’s tinnitus on my pillow, in my ears tonight

Speak a little louder, speak a little clearer
If you speak at all
I can’t hear you, I can’t hear you
Through these thin walls

A monkey on a metal frame
Wires in my hands
Waiting for a voice to speak
In words I understand
When all there is is rattling in hollow ribs
Of paperclips and sand

Make me a bride or hail me a king
And still you won’t find a heart in a man of tin
The grass that was greener grew up to be a maze
And we’re all stuck in here, we have no voice
We have no flag to raise

Come a little closer, draw a little nearer
If you’re there at all
I can’t see you, I can’t see you
Through these thin walls

A monkey on a metal frame
Wires in my hands
Waiting for a voice to speak
In words I understand
When all there is is rattling in hollow ribs
Of paperclips and sand